<p>As parents/adults I figured you all would have a better grasp on this then asking in the other forums which are mostly students.</p>
<p>How is George Washington University seen in the professional field or even by the general public? I am going there in fall and am very excited. I know it's a good school but does it have respect? I feel like when people see the name they think "oh she/he couldn't get into Georgetown" or "they must of bought their way in". I'm starting to regret not applying to Georgetown just for those reasons, which I guess is superficial of me. My area of study is political science and I most likely will be settling in the DC/Maryland, NYC, or LA area after I graduate. I also plan to apply to top law schools, is this school in their range of students they like to accept from? I know Yale and Stanford Law can get picky about the undergraduate institution.</p>
<p>Just curious if any of you have any insight on how this college is seen.</p>
<p>You shouldn’t really care about what other people think about GW. You chose to go to school there. I presume you had your reasons. I’m sure if you do well you will be able to get into law school.</p>
<p>DC is a really great city. I’d nominate it for “Best Improved City in the U.S” if they gave that award. I hope you have a great experience. </p>
<p>Forget about Georgetown. Georgetown makes it very hard to complete their application process. As a result, it is actually much harder to be admitted to Georgetown than it appears, because only serious highly qualified applicants bother to apply.</p>
<p>With good grades you’ll be fine when you apply to law school with a GWU degree in hand. As you probably know, GWU law itself is a top school and very hard to get into.</p>
<p>GWU provides awesome opportunities for study, especially in politics and international relations. The folks at Georgetown joke that GWU students go there because they got turned down at Georgetown but GWU is full of very strong students. It is more of an urban campus than is Gtown. It is more like NYU-pretty blended with the city. Since you are surrounded by the IMF, World Bank, White House, DuPont Circle, Embassy Row, Pennsylvania Avenue, it is a pretty cool urban location. How you fare there will depend on your maturity and commitment as a student. You have the opportunity to gain every bit as much from GWU as from Gtown, if you take it.</p>
<p>After graduation almost everybody I know got excellent jobs in their field of study. A few went on to excellent graduate, medical and law schools. Opportunities are unlimited. </p>
<p>I think of GW for people who want more urban than AU and less Jesuit than Georgetown. I think of it as a great place for people interested in politics and government. My kid hated the campus and preferred AU, while he was freaked out about the crosses in every classroom at Georgetown, though it stayed on the list.</p>
<p>@barrons o wow i thought gw was a bit more well respected than bu, but i guess bu has come a long way in the past few years. thanks for the input!</p>
<p>For as long as I can remember (dating back to my own college search 30 yrs ago), GW, BU, and NYU were the same thing. Fun urban colleges for rich Northeast kids not good enough for the top schools. I know many successful people from each.</p>
<p>People in my family have gone to GW for professional school for three generations now, and they’ve had success in their careers. I can’t comment as much on its undergrad program. Sure, it’s not as highly ranked as Georgetown, but plenty of people at GW are simply interested in a different atmosphere than Gtown offers. </p>
<p>As GPA and LSAT are among the most important factors in law school admissions, I’m sure that if you get high grades at GW and perform well in your tests, you’ll be able to go to a great law school.</p>
<p>You’re going into a great program at a very respected school in the middle of D.C., so why worry if they’re a few haters who try to put you down? At the end of the day, just remind yourself that you’re studying government within minutes of the White House and Capitol Hill!</p>
<p>Cobrat, 20 years ago Washington DC was not the vibrant place it is now, and lots of kids are dying to live in NY, Boston not so much though it’s a great college town. If the OP is studying government, he shouldn’t give a second thought to GW’s reputation, he’ll be fine.</p>